Thank you to all the tiki hosts. What great fun. Met lots of new friends and saw some absolutely amazing homes loaded with tiki. I look forward to more of the same in the future. Thank you Duane and Marlene for all the hard work to make this happen.

Yes it was great! My first official Sac Ohana Crawl and I made 5 out of 6 destinations. Can't wait to see our super photo-op at Dan and Wendy's. I enjoyed meeting new people and getting better acquainted with others. I'm signing up for next year and making the commitment to get my Tiki Bar done this winter.

Big thanks to everyone that hosted.

Darilyn
P.S.I will post my yard sale find today after it arrives on Wednesday, if I can find 6 men and a team of horses to deliver it.

It is difficult to sum up such a wonderful weekend. I can't think of a better way to spend my two days off than with the Sacramento and extended Ohana. The weather was excellent and no hitches in the travel to and fro.

It was nice to actually see one of my posts make it to the "Cool and Current" list!

I would first of all like to thank VampiressRN (Marlene) for all of the assistance she gave in helping put this together. I consider Marlene the "glue" that keeps our group together. Marlene hosts more events in a year than all of us locals do combined and without her I do not think our event would have had as much participation as it did.

Big Mahalos also to all who hosted. TikiMookie and Matt the Cat, VampiressRN, mr. and mrs. alohacurrent, danlovestiks and Brenda' Tiki Hut all volunteered and selflessly opened their homes and hospitality with amazing presentation in food and drinks and overall fantastic ambiance. There is a little difficulty in hosting a two day event, especially when hosting, and everyone who did made their homes a warm and welcoming experience. I consider myself extremely lucky to have met such a dedicated and friendly Ohana.

I would be remiss in not thanking all who attended and took the time to travel to the locations to share what we take so much pride in. We welcome you to consider hosting at our next event and hoped we have inspired you join us next year. Special thanks to my wife Ami for shaking and slinging the drinks at our house and for putting up with me and my craziness.

I found myself again marveling at the uniqueness of everyone's presentation. Though the basis of our collections surrounds one important element "tiki" we have each formed our own style of display. No two homes are the same, even though much of what we have collected is. We have dedicated countless hours of blood, sweat and tears, and invested thousands of dollars to create our own "tiki living spaces" that we happily retreat to on a daily basis.

I felt extremely humbled and inspired by the compliments from everyone.

Good to have met some new friends and see all the old ones!

So, next year, we will plan on the same weekend in October. A suggestion was made to do a poster for next year's event, so you can all start thinking about or creating some art so we can get this rolling. Two years from now we will hit our fifth anniversary and the plan is to create our own event mug (Wendy is going to sculpt one) and I will be contacting some of you or you can contact me for donation $$ once we get a firm handle on the costs. I know it will be an investment well worth the money!

Wow Duane, what a wonderful post. Thanks to you and Marlene for making it all possible. I had no idea what to expect, it was really fun. I am happy the weather turned out so nice too.

So, here are my pictures. Matt the Cat & I made it to 4 of the 6 homes (ours included)... Sorry we missed Marlene & Aloha Current's places for the photos, I'm sure others will post some pictures of their beautiful tiki homes

Those are some great pictures! Of course, two of the three I got caught in I have a stupid grin on my face that I couldn't seem to wipe off Saturday or Sunday...but now that I am back at work today it seems to have eluded me!

How cool is it to see other peoples collections and decor.Wish I could
have beenup here in Nor Cal sooner to see it all.I have been in Wendy
and Dan's place and it's abosolutely jaw dropping to say the least.
Congrads to all envolved in this fun event.I am hoping to meet some
Nor Cal.Ohana while I am up here for the week.

just a note to thank you guys for a fun time saturday! I was able to make it to Mookie & Matt's and Duane & Ami's with a friend of mine. a friend mind you, who is not in the tiki scene at all, but does collect old oil memorabilia...seemingly minutes into duanes party he cuts a deal with Duane to buy an old penzoil metal sign hanging in his garage!
next, duane decides he cant live without the witco stuff i brought, so we make a deal.
then, out of the blue, Wendy of danlovestikis fame, whom i've never met, gifts me an awesome frankoma war god bank that she made...wow!
a little something for everyone!
just really cool people, cool stories, cool collections & warm, friendly hospitality.
would've loved to hit all the stops, but it wasnt in the cards this time. hopefully there will be a next time.
it was just really nice to meet you all, thanks again!

ps: duane, someday i will talk you out of that lampshade!
pss: barbara, sorry about the tease on the fabric! maybe i'll sell it the day i get that lampshade!!

I love seeing everyone's great collections and decor. Makes me jealous but encouraged to keep moving forward with my lounge...slow and financially challenged but trying. Nothing at my house will ever equal the great homes and lounges that exist here in Sacramento. The collections are awesome but the way they are displayed is the neat part. Everyone has a different style...but bottom line...love of Tiki.

I can hardly wait till next year...it will be poster perfect with Duane at the helm!!!

Sounds like some promising card-playing options in the future girlfriends.

On 2009-10-12 13:34, bigbadtikidaddy wrote:ps: duane, someday i will talk you out of that lampshade!
pss: barbara, sorry about the tease on the fabric! maybe i'll sell it the day i get that lampshade!!

John,

I think the better idea is to let me have the lamp! Or maybe we could share custody and have like an every other month ownership option?

Thank you all who participated. I had a spectacular time. Would love to post pictures, but am too busy getting ready for another party this Saturday. If anyone wants to see the hut, PM me for an evite to the party this Saturday.
Brenda